The University of Louisville will spend just one season in the American Athletic Conference, before making the jump the ACC. In their one and only season, Rick Pitino and the Louisville Cardinals are predicted to be dominant.
The college basketball crew at CBS Sports recently published their AAC preview earlier this week. Not only was Louisville the predicted conference champion, but they also had three of five players on the All Conference first team and Rick Pitino was named Coach of the Year.
Our Preseason All-AAC Team
G:Joe Jackson (Memphis)
G:Shabazz Napier (Connecticut)
G:Russ Smith (Louisville)
F:Chane Behanan (Louisville)
F:Montrezl Harrel (Louisville)
Our Preseason AAC Player of the Year
Russ Smith, Louisville
Not only did Russ Smith lead the Cardinals in scoring last season, his 18.7 points per game were 8.7 more than the next best scorer on that championship-winning team. Does Smith get a little too wild at times? Sure. But he’s still an experienced, high-level scorer wh...

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